Mr.Mk1 Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 Discuss at http://www.oldschool.co.nz/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=13899 Finally, have some pictures of my new old ride. Its an english assembled version which i believe means floor shift and no bench seat. It was brought over into Dunedin in 14th september 1967 with 21244 Miles on clock, and has only lived in Dunedin, Wanaka and Roxburgh since. I picked it up for a song from an old family freind it turned out, who has had it since '84 as his A-frame car behind his work truck. It came with a good wee bevvy of spares, including the proper English estate heater, new bits in ford bags and general random shit. It has a sweet 1600 x-flow and has been converted to alternator from generator. Plans are to get it legal, lower it good and proper over my 7 inch steelies and fix the minimal rust in it, secure my beaded seat cover, and rock it as it stands in the pictures, as theres nothing like original paint and signage! If i can, ill find a visor and roof racks haha. ^ Delivery in dads truck ^ British pimp mirror ^interior not too bad, steering wheel centre is broken but all there. ^ Back seat is MINT! cool pattern too. ^ Have a set of tail lights lined up, should arrive this week. ^ "Step 1: lift lower portion of seat and flip forward" ^ "Step 2: Lower rear portion into bottom portion, as shown" ^ Heater, which you will notice has a facia panel that will sit under the dash. ^ Cooke Howlison- the friendly motor firm ^ reads TEVIOT CONTRACTING specialists in TREE TOPPING and TRIMMING NORMAN MARSH phone 48.066 ROXBURGH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mk1 Posted May 6, 2008 Author Share Posted May 6, 2008 Got it running yesterday, no real effort, timing was 180 out, runs like a hunny. Also fixed left front guard and door needed 3 rust patches. Put new tail lights on and changed fuel filler back to standard, have half re-made inside cardboard panels in 3mm coversheet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mk1 Posted May 12, 2008 Author Share Posted May 12, 2008 fixed rust and damage in LH rear quarter, renewed hoses to and from washers, repaired front parcel tray, fixed heater, finished all interior panels, aligned doors to suit trim-line, swapped wipers to original chrome spares, replaced whole inner bonnet slam panel, added grille AA badge. Getting closer to road-legal skids Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mk1 Posted May 14, 2008 Author Share Posted May 14, 2008 Covered all interior panels in old regional newspapers, ccut and welded a new sill into the LH side, finished off LR 1/4 with a nice spread of poos, ordered touch up paint, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mk1 Posted May 18, 2008 Author Share Posted May 18, 2008 Movie films Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mk1 Posted May 20, 2008 Author Share Posted May 20, 2008 shopped it lower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mk1 Posted June 2, 2008 Author Share Posted June 2, 2008 I took it down to the annual Cool Rides show in alexandra this weekend, got heaps of attention and kids saying 'it looks like the harry potter car'. Yeah biatch, it flys. even on 3 cylinders! There was also a cruise to Arrowtown on the saturday, ended up breaking off after and going through to Queenstown and over the pass home. I was in the [bNR 34] GTR M-spec on the way up, and the [1WILD1] R32 GTR on the way home, sexy time! Both owned by the same dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mk1 Posted July 31, 2008 Author Share Posted July 31, 2008 Im back down in Alexandra house sitting so ive got way too much time to work on it. Today i put my extractors on, fixed the exhaust, made an alternator bracket and put it on, put beaded seat cover in, changed the leads to some spares i had, and pulled out the number plate lightbulb for replacement. Then spent a while taking petrol out of my brothers toyota by undoing the fuel line and pumpin it through on the key lol. Messy fucking job. I tried siphoning it and it wouldnt have a bar of it. Thats what ya get for being nice and putting fuel in his car, and then it fucking out completely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mk1 Posted August 1, 2008 Author Share Posted August 1, 2008 Tonight i wired up and mounted my smiths rev counter, Put in new Number plate lightbulb, drained oil out of diff and replaced, drained engine, my oil filters differ so ill check that out. Check that whack steel cover out! Extractors Should i leave it.. Or paint it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mk1 Posted August 5, 2008 Author Share Posted August 5, 2008 Well nobody seems to give a fuck, flying or stationary, about this thread anymore but ill keep adding to it, if only to make it take longer for your computer to load. Heres my steels my dad originally got widened for his old Mk1, Only two pictured, the other two are at home. Ive 2 Eager-shod ones and two plains. Ill paint them lite, lite green. Comparison with a Bic. Today i did the gearbox oil, rolled the rear guards and moved the window washer bottle closer the firewall, as i was worried the heat off the extractors would melt it, and its too mint to sacrifice. Eagers are too big, ill sell or swap them for 215/205s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mk1 Posted August 15, 2008 Author Share Posted August 15, 2008 Were off home to CHCH! Hopefully it goes to plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mk1 Posted August 29, 2008 Author Share Posted August 29, 2008 Ive painted the grille, swapped bonnets and painted it satty b. Pic does not do it justice but oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mk1 Posted October 19, 2008 Author Share Posted October 19, 2008 OK, so it, and all my SHIT have come back down south for good, fuck christchurch! Ive thrown some 2" blocks in the back and the front has cutties for now, while i figure out wether to rebuild my discs or cheap out and rebuild my drums. I fucked off the rev counter too, it just wasnt right for the look. I picked up a set of period stainless headlight eyebrows but they arent fitted, as all my spare headlights have the three wee glass nodlues and the 'lids need to sit flush..die grind time! I put my Escort un-safety belts in, had some Cressida ones but on absolute full extension, they were a foot away from clicking in. Ah well, they were free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mk1 Posted October 19, 2008 Author Share Posted October 19, 2008 Heres a couple of shots when it had no coils in the front, was fucking sick, but wouldnt drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mk1 Posted November 7, 2008 Author Share Posted November 7, 2008 As i probably mentioned up there ^ somewhere, I bought a set of front disc struts off trademe, and when they arrived it became evident they needed overhauled. Well im a dumb shit. I had forgotten completely about the set i already had, i got them with my old caged mk1 sedan! They were minter, and despite being on home made adjusties, would work. So i peeled the hubs off the struts, bolted to the trademe ones, and found a set of type 16 Capri calipers in the garage. Everything fit, and they are in place. Had to weld up the strut top holes and re-drill, as the new ones have a wider spread pattern. And now the wheels sit on whack angles, so ive got to lengthen the radius arms a bit to get them aligned. Put some new Noltec inner control arm bushes in too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Mk1 Posted December 27, 2008 Author Share Posted December 27, 2008 Its sorta stagnant at the moment, i need to cert it and that cant really happen until next year, as that would suit my certifier better. I treated it to a new coil and plugs the other night, and added another earth strap, as the electrics just werent up to game and kept failing/fucked my plugs when combined with shit tune and timing. Now it runs a dream again. I put the wide wheels on it, and the new disc struts kicked me in the box, as they now sit the wheels out of the guards an inch and catch the front of the guards on half lock, im not Mad Max so im not running it like that. Will run wides on the back and standards on the front. Nabbed some paints from work..a Gold metallic silver and mid graphite grey..once mixed together will provide a nice colour and then ill puff some on the wheels. I painted a wide wheel body colour but wasnt hardened by it, so if it looks stink with charcoal wheels, ill fucking take them off and roll around on rusty hubs, bish. Picture makes it look better than in person. I also found a way to bring up the sign-writing better, as it still has the crusty adhesive present, i lightly rubbed a rag that i had previously polished alloy with, and the black autosol-alloy shit worked its way into the adhesive only, not the paint, now its really quite readable, and im a happier man for it. Ill get a visual when im good and ready. Im also making some headlight visors, as they are a bit cooler than the half covers. Ive seen them on a few Minors and Minis etc, they can look quite shit hot. Im pretty sure they arent entirely legal, but Ill put it past my cert man also. And when he says no, ill get my plate on, Warrant, Reg and run covers and visors, cause that's how i roll etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mr.Mk1 Posted January 11, 2009 Author Share Posted January 11, 2009 I Pulled the springs out so i can measure them and get some lowered springs for it. Dont want to run cutties yet as its going to go through cert soon. Other than that, painted the front rims (I think i need to add more silver, look too dark), white walled a shitty old tire to see how it looks, as i cant run hubcaps in the wides yet, i need to get them spun up on a lathe and the tabs welded on otherwise it will throw it all out of balance and the hubcap might not be centre, ie. clown car style. Also tightened the brown seat covers up and wired them to the seats, as the elastic is toast and they keep coming off when i get in and out of the seat. Tightened the Beaded seat cover too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mr.Mk1 Posted February 18, 2009 Author Share Posted February 18, 2009 Been quite busy, long story short, the Cert plate is on its way! Had to put leaf spring front Bushes in, modify Shocks to take cut springs, new Track Control Arms, new Engine Mounts. Stoked as man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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